I'm running macOS Ventura 13.2, whenever I open a new Finder it's small so I re-size and
re-position it but when I open a new Finder window my size/position changes haven't been saved and I get the same small window again.
Anyone know how to get Ventura Finder to remember size/position changes?
In addition to VikingOSX's suggestion, you can delete Finder's .plist file and it will create a new one if it's corrupted. Then Fnder should start to remember your size, position settings.
Open Finder, click 'Go' in the top menu. Then Go to Folder. Type in ~/Library/Preferences. Find the file called,
'com.apple.finder.plist' and delete it. Close Finder. Log out, log back in. Try it again.
If you are seeing any other strange behaviors, you might also want to perform a Safe Boot. This corrects many issues when it boots up. It analyzes the system for problems and attempts to fix them.
In addition to VikingOSX's suggestion, you can delete Finder's .plist file and it will create a new one if it's corrupted. Then Fnder should start to remember your size, position settings.
Open Finder, click 'Go' in the top menu. Then Go to Folder. Type in ~/Library/Preferences. Find the file called,
'com.apple.finder.plist' and delete it. Close Finder. Log out, log back in. Try it again.
If you are seeing any other strange behaviors, you might also want to perform a Safe Boot. This corrects many issues when it boots up. It analyzes the system for problems and attempts to fix them.
Reboot your Mac. I have Ventura 13.2 and cannot reproduce what you describe in Finder as changes in dimension and position are reflected in the next Finder window, whether the first is closed or not. A second window is simply tiled downward and right of its identical predecessor.
Finder automatically updates its most recent Window changes to its Preferences (.plist) file and this is read by the next Finder window instance.
I did what Randall_2023 (delete Finder plist) & VikingOSX (reboot) suggested and it worked, Finder now remembers my window size & position, a really annoying problem has been fixed 😀
Many thanks people, I really appreciate your help.
This issue is not new to Ventura. It's ages old, so old that I can't even remember in which OS it first happened.
But... there is a simple trick to make Finder "remember" your preferred window size:
From now on, but unfortunately only until the next OS update or upgrade, all your Finder windows will have the size you want them to have. But opening a second, third, fourth, etc. window after the first one, will "tile" them slightly down and to the right (which is normal and by design).
You are welcome.
Not the case here, but some users confuse the Finder-like open and save dialogs with true Finder windows. Although these borrow on framework features also used in Finder, these dialogs do not read the Finder's saved preferences and are programmatically set to a specific opening screen location and size by the developer.
Change default finder size & position
